DARDANELLES DIARY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 20, 29 December 1915, Page 6

DARDANELLES DIARY.

j.,..* -r - : ..J *• i ment' of 1 foris'att'entn'AhCe 'to ■ the „ , i J):.a n:r It 1 J> A.j: - V) February ■ j.i' lh action. ;ucc.W- to arlt/f '*•: ’' ' ' March 16,—Read-Admiral d© llobeck [' takes over- command from Vice- : ‘ Admiral Garden.^, March 18.—Loss of irresistible, Ocean I and Botfti*t. CJ **■>■ '•April 17, 18.—'E15 stranded <»fl -'Kep-

-■■■: ' best’Poifift'Siria'^lowrf^p'njjr-fleet's. ■ - --U t * A.ajlLvi HJ ,£, ' picket 0,.“,,.., ,/ , . April 25.—Amtrala&:wn s .,land . at finjgac, and Britisly-at sek'oral points* ■ about -tip''os Ponittihfdi • ' ’ April v 26.~|fus.t^a{as jap6’j;’^st^hltsh v j the coast,, and repel l.®drkiskuatr' tacks. . French Wqpsf,. take April .advance* (v‘, i Achi Baba - and 1 villHge of .iXribhiaj front two iniles, from point of Peninsula. 28.—Further advance on 'Krii1 ‘ thia front. . April;' 29, at Sea.—Successes of El 4 in. f;f\ in Sea of Marmara. • ’ ' April 30.—AE2 sunk in attempting to I enter Sea of Marmara. Landing ofFrench troops on right of Kri- : / thia front ' completed/ British / -' reinforcement# also landed. "May 6-B.—Three days’ battle for Kirthia. Anzaes send part of their forces to this front, and at same time repel Turkish attacks. May 12;—Goliath torpedoed. May 12*28.—Further shgnt success on / Krithia front; Freacn taKe HariH ■ cot redoubt. - * May 19.—Turks opposite Anzac rein- . 'forced. Anzaes repel tremendous F/' ' attack and inflict loss of 7000 -men, losing themselves, 500. May 21.—Death of General Bridges. "May 26.—Triumph torpedoed. May 27.—Majestic torpedoed; larger . ’ Allied vessfels withdrawn; successw# es of Ell in Sea of Marmara.

/June .4.—Third great attempt upon : ‘ Achi Baba; 500 yards’ progress. V Anzaes’ attack diverts reinforcements for the Turks on Krithia front, and gainp 500 yards. June 6.—Vice-Admiral Nicol appointed !w - commander of French Dardanelles squadron. : August 6.—British force lands at Suvla p ' Bay front. f-August 6.—British force land at Suv- / la Bay and Australasians attack j||>; Lonesome Pine. . i 7-10.—Anzac and Suvla forces f// link up and establish united front, 'i; , whose farthest point is two and a ' half miles inland. Anzaes reach **h crest of Sari Bair, hut .have to Syv' '■withdraw to lower slopes owing F to failure jof advance somewhere. [; August B—General Sarrail appointed command French forces in p|i//Gallipoli. - loses Hill 70; Anzaes take Hill GO. of “important p/. 'tjactical feature commanding” the m£: valley beyond Sari Bain 1 I.September 4.—E7 sunk off the Dar- / danelles. * ■ superseded in the Gallipoli comjfefc,: maud, by Major-General Monro. i‘Neven)bor 27. -Lord Kitchener visits R; ‘ Anzqc and Krithia fronts. ||Titeyewiher 21 .—Announcement that i the Anzac*laid Suvla troops have I , been withdrawn. Ir I